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PROPRIETARIES AND QOVERNORS 






PENNSYLVANIA 



By JOHN H. CAMPBELL. 



PHILADELPHIA 

1868. 



^ Jist of t\^e ^r0prict;inc5 ant» jt|obcrn0rs of Pcmtsnlbnma. 



Governors of Ne-iv Netherlands an J of the Dutch on the \\ Governors of the Szvedes on the Delai.vtre. 

Dela-ivare. ii d . ^f• •. -- o /- 

j[ Peter Mimiit 1638-1641 

Peter Miniiit 1624-1633 m Peter Hollaiidaer 1641-1643 



\Vt)iiter Van Twiller 1633-1638 

sir William Kiett 1638-1647 

Peter Stiiyvesant 1647- 1664 



Jt)lin Print/. 1643- 165 3 

John Pappegova 1653-1654 

John Rysiiigh 1654-1655 

Captured by Peter Stuyvesant, 1655. 



DOMINION OF THE DUTCH. 



(Derek Smidt, Commissary pro tern 1655 

John Paul Jacquet 1655-1657 



Colony of the Company. 

Goeran Var Dyke 1657-1658 

William Beekman 1 658-1 662 



Netherlands and ) Colony of the City. 

of the Settlements 1 t u a i • 1 ,■ r 

,, T^ , / Jacob Alrichs 1657-1650 

on the Delaware,/-'-, , t-i'u- r /t 

,, I Alexander D Hmovosaa 1659-1662 

1655-1664 \ J J J 

\William Beekman 1 662-1 663 

Alexander D'Hinoyossa 1663- 1664 

Settlements captured by the English, 1664. 

DOMINION OF THE DUKE OF YORK. 



Col. Richard Nichols 1664 — May, 1667 

Col. Francis Lovelace May, 1667 — 1673 

Colonies capture J by tJie Dutch, 1673. 

DOMINION OF THE DUTCH. 



Nenv Netherlands. 
Anthony Colve 1673-1674 



Colonies on the "W est Side of the Dilaavare. 
I Peter Alrichs, Dep. Gov 1673-1674 



Recaptured by the English, 1674. 

DOMINION OF THE ENGLISH. 



Sir Edinimd Andross 1 674-1 681 

THE PROPRIETARY GOVERNMENT. 



William Markham, D. G June, 1681 — Oct., 1682 

/ William Penn Oct., 1682— June, 1684 

j The Council (Thomas Lloyd, President) June, 1684 — Feb., 1688 

y I. Thomas Lloyd, \ 

,,,.,,. „ 12. Robert Turner, / c- r> ■ • c o. . \ • 

William Penn, , . /-> 1 I f^'^^ Commissioners or State, liaving 

T-» * ' ^- Arlniir i^^ooK, ) ^1 ■ r» i •on r^ >-or. 

Proprietary, i t i c 1 I the executive u&wer reb,, 1688 — Dec, 1688 

,J , •" \ 4. John Svmcock, V 
1681-1693. ; T I V v\ \ 

I 5- John Lckley. I 

Capt. John Blackvsell, D. G '. Dec, 1688 — Jan., 1690 

The Council (Thomas Lloyd) President J^n j 1690 — Mar., 1691 

Thomas Lloyd, D. G., of Province ) „ . . f Mar., 1691 — Apr., 1693 

William Markham, D. G, of Lower Counties j 1 '^9' — Apr., 1693 



So 



Crown of 
Ensland. 



William Penn, 
Proprietary, 
1695-1718 



Jolin Penn, 

Richard Penn & 

Thomas Penn, 

Proprietor . 

John Penn died, 

1746. 

Richard Penn 

died, 1771, wlien 

John Penn, his 

son, tO£^ether 

with Thomas 

Penn, becaine 

sole Proprietors. 



j Benjamin Fletcher '. . . ] 

1 William Markham, Lieut. Gov ........[...... \ '^P''-' ^^93- 

Wi'liam Markham, D. G Mar. i6q<;- 

WiUiam Penn '..'..Dec.,' 1699- 

Andrew Hamilton, D. G.. . . , .Nov. 1701- 

71ie Council (Edward Shippen, President) Apr., 1703- 

John Evans, D. O Feb.,' 1704- 

Charles Gookin, D. G Feb. 170Q- 

Sir William Keith May 1717- 

(Sir William Keith, D. G July' 1718- 

'Patrick Gordon, D. G Aug. 1726- 

)The Council, (James Logan, President) Aug., 1736- 

, George Thomas, D. G Aug., 1738- 

George Thomas, D. G ;^ay, 1746- 

The Council (Anthony Palmer, President) 1747— 

James Hamilton, L. G. 1748— 

Robert Hunter Morris, D, G Oct. 1 7 C4— 

William Denny, D. G Aug. 17^6- 

James Hamilton, D. G Oct. 1759- 

John Penn (son of Richard Penn) Nov., 1763- 

The Council (James Hamilton, President) 1771- 

Richard Penn (brother of John Penn) Oct., 1771- 

John Penn Sept., 1773- 



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PRESIDENTS OF THE SUPREME EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. 



Thomas Wharton, Jr j__g_j__g 

Josejih Reed 1778-1782 

John Dickinson.. 1 782-1 785 

Benjamin Franklin. 1785-1788 

Thomas Mifflin 1788-1791 

GOVERNORS UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF 1790. 

Thomas Mifflin , 1791-1799 

Thomas McKean 1799-1808 

Simon Snyder 1808-1817 

William Finley 1817-1820 

Joseph Hiester 1820-1823 

John Andrew Shulze j 823-1 820 

George Wolf. 1829-1835 

Joseph Ritner 1835-1838 

GOVERNORS UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF 1838. 



David Rittenhouse Porter , 183S-1844 

Francis Raim Shunk . 1 844-1 848 

William F Johnson 1848-1851 

William Bigler 1851-1854 

James Pollock ,,, 1854-1857 

William F. Packer 1 857-1 860 

Andrew G. Curtin .^ . . , 1860-1867 

John W. Geary 1 867- 



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